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Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 25, 2026
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

  • Talk about the two most related projects on your resume. Ask some questions about the project, e.g., KV cache in vLLM, and the prefill and decode phase in LLM inference.
  • LeetCode No. 630.
  • CUDA to implement a basic kernel.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 606 interview experiences for the TikTok Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

6%
Pass Rate

TikTok's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive33%
Neutral46%
Negative22%

Candidates reported having good feelings for TikTok's Software Engineer interview process.

TikTok Work Experiences